Chapter 348 The National Game - Be "Rooligan".

[Today's third update]

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The Chinese Empire carried out large-scale industrial production of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, and Deng Haonan carried out the development of modern gunpowder in the imperial chamber. Whenever there was some idea or breakthrough, he immediately ordered other gunpowder engineers to conduct experiments, and in the process of implementation, Deng Haonan guided and summarized them, and did his best to develop a powerful propellant.

However, the new gunpowder needs all kinds of industrial support to be carried out. Like a bucket, any plank has to be up to standard, and if one of the planks doesn't meet the standard, the bucket will never be filled with water.

With nitric acid and sulfuric acid, Deng Haonan can already synthesize nitrocellulose as an explosive. However, nitrocellulose is extremely unsafe, and it can naturally and explode when it is impacted, open flame, and the temperature exceeds 40 degrees, so Deng Haonan only synthesized nitrocellulose in the real room and did not apply it externally.

Of course, with nitric acid and sulphuric acid, the most powerful gunpowder, nitroglycerin, was also introduced.

In this world, many things are actually stored for a long time, but no one has discovered them. In fact, after the advent of sulfuric acid, nitric acid also surfaced, and glycerin has been around mankind since the day of human birth, but no one has connected the three, until one day Nobel happened to link the three together, and nitroglycerin came out.

Now, Deng Haonan, as the first person to synthesize nitroglycerin, how much he wants to apply for a patent and make a lot of money, however, in this era, there is no patent to study.

Glycerin reacts with sulfuric acid and nitric acid at about 10 degrees to form glycerol trinitrate, commonly known as nitroglycerin, which decomposes into a large amount of gas, water vapor and carbon dioxide after a slight collision, and explodes.

It's a dangerous thing.

Deng Haonan followed the path taken by Nobel and easily solved it, and soon produced stable nitroglycerin in the real yàn room, but it still needs to be verified and tested before industrial large-scale production.

However, Deng Haonan believed that it would not be long before the large-scale industrial production of nitroglycerin could be realized, which would bring gunpowder industry to the Chinese Empire.

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While Deng Haonan was researching gunpowder, the imperial government had already begun to intensively deploy troops and prepare for a new round of combat operations.

The Chinese Empire is second to none in the Far East, and when the empire moves, the surrounding countries will tremble a few times.

As the Empire's conscription orders reached the vassal states and colonies of Southeast Asia, the Dutch were the first to feel uneasy.

Although the Dutch East India Company had reached a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Empire, both sides were no longer engaged in military conflict, and the fleets of both sides had greatly reduced their cruising ranges, the Dutch were still shocked by the Chinese Empire's large-scale conscription orders in Southeast Asia.

It was only then that they discovered how great the power of the Chinese Empire really was. As soon as the order was issued, Luzon and Papua were to gather 500,000 troops, although the signs were very mixed, but after all, the number of people was there, and it sounded scary. At the same time, several vassal states in Southeast Asia also made the Dutch see the danger, that is, the other side obviously carried out any orders to the Chinese Empire, and judging from the mobilization of 200,000 troops this time, the Dutch East India Company could not confront the Chinese Empire at all.

It was only then that Turner understood what Arnhem meant, and it was no wonder that Arnhem claimed that no matter what the Chinese Empire did to them, as long as there was money to be made, they would have to endure it.

Fortunately, there was no full-scale war with the Chinese Empire at the beginning, otherwise the consequences now are really unimaginable.

"Don't worry"

Arnhem smiled and said: "I have received information that the Chinese Empire is ready to take action against the Mughal Empire"

Turner breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In recent years, the Chinese Empire has become more and more restless. Southeast Asia has just settled down for a while, and they want to provoke a war in South Asia again"

Arnhem nodded and said, "I seem to smell the smell of danger coming from this country again, just like the madness of the Mongols back then."

Turner sighed: "Originally, the Mongols had been torn apart and were no longer in danger, but now the Mongols have surrendered to the Chinese Empire, and the emperor of the Chinese Empire is a fanatical militarist, one dry wood, one fire, I really don't believe that some sparks don't come out."

"I also received a shocking news," said Arnhem, very heavy, "that the Chinese Empire and the Russian Empire have formed an alliance, and that they are joined by Britain and France, and God knows what they are going to do?" ”

Turner frowned, "Divide the world?" ”

"Maybe"

Arnhem nodded and said, "At least China and Russia are ready to take action against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, while Britain and France are ready to take action against the Holy Roman Empire, and it is not surprising that the four of them occupy both ends of the Eurasian continent and divide the land in between."

Turner sneered and said: "They are playing with fire, at the moment, Britain and France obviously can't beat the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish coalition, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire still has the upper hand against the Russian Empire, and the Chinese Empire is invincible in the Far East, but it may not still be invincible in the Middle East and Europe, if the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire unite, see how they end"

Arnhem felt the same way, and now France is at a disadvantage against Spain, and Britain can't help with a dry stare.

At this time, however, the Dutch were fighting Spain for their final independence. In other words, the Dutch are still comrades-in-arms with the Allies.

"I don't know if the Republic will be able to defeat the Spaniards this time, and if it fails, I don't know how long it will take"

Turner nodded: "Yes, it's been half a century, I don't know when it's a head."

"So we now need to support the Allies to win for the sake of the Republic, and at least support them mentally"

Turner paused for a moment, then understood what Arnhem meant, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Suddenly, Arnhem remembered something and said, "The Chinese Empire is preparing a military invasion of the Mughal Empire, who do you think will win?" ”

Turner glanced at Arnhem, smiled slightly, and said, "Your Excellency the Governor wants to ask if we can get some colonial benefits on the Indian continent."

Arnhem smiled, noncommittal.

"There should be difficulties"

Turner sighed and said, "There are British and French East India Companies in the Bay of Bengal, and they will definitely not let go of this opportunity to cooperate with the army of the Chinese Empire to invade the land of the Mughal Empire and expand the colonies. If we used to get a piece of the pie, I think they wouldn't be happy."

"But India has no less business opportunities than the Chinese Empire," Arnhem said, "and we can earn more wealth in India than the Chinese Empire's tariff fortress policy."

Although the Chinese Empire opened its trade channels to the Dutch East India Company, the Chinese Empire had a complete set of tariff fortress policies, which were designed to protect the national industrial and commercial enterprises of the Chinese Empire and suppress foreign trading companies. The tariff fortress policy imposes relatively high tariffs on foreign companies, which greatly shrinks the profits of foreign companies.

The southern part of India was ruled by several feudal lords, and with the Mughal Empire in the north, their customs duties were very low, almost none. Although trading goods from India was far less profitable than trading goods from the Chinese Empire, with the gradual escalation of the Chinese Empire's tariff fortress policy, the profits of the two places were almost the same.

Turner thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Your Excellency the Governor, you can't just look out for immediate interests. If you give up trade with the Chinese Empire, then the company's trade in India will not exist zài"

"Why?"

Arnhem did not understand what Turner meant, who explained: "The Suez Canal, which the Chinese Empire dug in Egypt, is still a year or two away. At that time, trade in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf will increase exponentially. If we give up trade with China, soon the Chinese Empire will also give up trade with the Netherlands. When the time comes, other countries will be able to sail to Suez, but we will have to go around the Cape of Good Hope, and then we will have no place in the Indian Ocean."

Arnhem was stunned, Turner smiled bitterly, and continued: "The current Chinese Empire is a complete hooligan in trade. He only allows them to impose tariff fortress policies on other countries, but he does not allow other countries to use tariff fortress policies against them. If you don't accept it, he will either declare war on you and fight until you submit. Or just choke you by the neck and give in to him when you can't breathe. A typical state official set fire to the people and did not allow the people to light the lamps"

Arnhem suddenly realized and asked, "You mean that the Suez Canal is our neck?" ”

"It's not just us," Turner snorted, "it's the neck of all European countries."

Arnhem only then understood the importance of the Suez Canal, and the Chinese Empire's control of the Suez Canal was indeed equivalent to stucking the necks of European countries. The Chinese Empire could use the Suez Canal to threaten other European countries with trade concessions. If a country refuses to accept and also imposes trade barriers and raises tariffs, then the Chinese empire will cut off the other party's trade on the canal. Because there was no canal access, it was necessary to take a long detour to the Cape of Good Hope, so that the country's maritime trade would obviously not be able to compete with other countries, and in the long run it would lead to the drying up of trade.

Sure enough, it's a downright hooligan trick

"I didn't expect you to see it so thoroughly, and the description is even more appropriate"

Turner smiled faintly and said: "In fact, any country is a hooligan growth process in the process of becoming strong, and in the game of countries, if you are not a hooligan enough than others, then you are u (out)"

Arnhem smiled dumbly, as if he had seen another side of Turner.

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On the second Sunday of July, the Las Vegas silver team received a notice from Reynosa, the governor of Mexico, to bring back to Mexico City the 20 million worth of gold and silver cakes stranded in Las Vegas.

At this time, the trap painstakingly devised by the commander of the Mexican Army, Lieutenant General Tiqueiras, failed to work, and the Chinese Imperial Jaguar and Panther continued to loot the surrounding towns, giving Tiqueiras a headache. At the same time, Reynosa, the governor of Mexico, turned against Tiqueiras and demanded that Tiqueiras do everything possible to eliminate the invading forces of the Chinese Empire, drive the Chinese Empire's troops out of North America, and recover California.

Exhausted by this qiē, the duke abandoned his plan to ambush the jaguars and leopard riders and withdrew the ambushed Spanish army to Santa Fe.

In fact, the 20,000-strong Spanish army had already exposed its target, and when they reinforced Las Vegas, they found that it was not the Chinese Imperial Army that attacked Las Vegas, but the natives and blacks who were causing them a headache. At that point, they knew they were exposing their target, so the commander retreated to Santa Fe ahead of time after the siege of Las Vegas was lifted.

And they did not tell General Sù Tiqueiras about this, for fear that the general would blame them. At this moment, Tiqueiras canceled the ambush plan, but the silver team in Las Vegas did not know that the nearby Spanish troops had left early.

In this way, the Las Vegas silver convoy received orders from the Governor of Reynosa a day later than the time offered by General Tiqueiras.

The silver transport team that left Las Vegas thought that there was a Spanish army nearby, and the army of the Chinese Empire did not dare to come and rob it, so they swaggered out of Las Vegas and went straight to St. Louis.

At this time, the Jaguar and Panthermen, who had been secretly monitoring the movements of the Spanish army and Las Vegas nearby, quickly got the news of the silver transport team.

The silver transport team had just left Las Vegas and walked less than thirty miles before it was caught up by 3,000 cavalry led by Ma Guangyuan.

After a fierce battle, the 200 Spanish soldiers in charge of the escort were completely annihilated, and 20 million eagles worth of gold and silver fell into the hands of the jaguar and leopard riders.

Ma Guangyuan sent someone to carefully clean up the scene, sold all the Spanish soldiers, and burned the vehicles, so that the Spaniards did not wake up until a week later, because the silver convoy did not arrive in St. Louis on time.

St. Louis then sent cavalry to inspect the route, but there was no sign of the silver caravan.

"It's clear that something happened to the silver team"

Sheriff Casdila had no choice but to repeat the report from San Luis as it was, and Reynosa turned pale and didn't know what to do.

"It must have been the army of the Chinese Empire who did it, and they robbed the silver team"

"But we have no proof"

Casdila smiled bitterly and said, "So far, the information we have obtained is only hearsay, we have not even caught a single Chinese or maybe an Indian or a rebellious black slave"

"These cunning guys"

Reynosa gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "No matter what the situation, our silver transport team is lost, 20 million is gone, I need someone to take the responsibility and put it on the Chinese Empire, let Tiqueiras carry it himself."

Speaking of this, Reynosa suddenly asked, "By the way, did Tiqueiras make any moves?" ”

Because the two turned their faces, Reynosa had not met with Tiqueiras for half a month, so he didn't know the situation and could only rely on Casdila to get the news indirectly.

Casdila replied, "General Tiqueiras said that there are not enough warships near the Pacific Ocean to confront the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire, and that if you want to capture the fortress of Fog City, you must transfer the Mexican fleet from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. ”

"Damn" Reynosa said angrily: "This guy knows how to shirk responsibility, the fortress of Fog City is just to the north, he has to mention what to send the Mexican fleet over If our Mexican fleet can leave the Gulf of Mexico, what else do you want him to do, I will settle those yellow people myself"

Casdila rolled her eyes, it seemed that Reynosa also shifted the blame to Dotticellas, and when she talked about others, she didn't blush.

However, old politicians are always like that.

Casdila explained: "General Tiqueiras is not unreasonable"

Seeing Reynolds staring at him, Casdila hurriedly said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm saying that it's a bit difficult to reach the Fog City Fortress by land, and you need to cross the Sierra Nevada. Do you think that's possible? ”

The Sierra Nevada is the highest mountain range in North America, and Reynosa naturally did not think that the Spanish Army could easily climb over it.

"Wouldn't it be possible to go along the coastline?"

Reynosa visibly dissipated his breath and softened his tone.

"Along the seaside?" Casdila smiled bitterly and said, "That's no different from going over the mountains, not all seashores are flat beaches, and you can't cross a cliff."

Reynosa coughed dryly, scolding herself for asking a stupid question.

"I don't care that we have huge losses now, and the currency that needs to be handed over to the central government of the empire this year is less than 50 million, and I won't pay for it out of my own pocket."

Reynosa said unreasonably: "You go and sue Sù Tiquelas, if he doesn't take action and come up with some effect that makes the central government reasonable, then he will wait for the summons sent by the Imperial Court."

The summons of the inner court is the verdict of the military court, and the people who get the summons basically go directly to the gallows from the military court.

Casdila secretly said that Reynosa was too ruthless, but at this time, the person who did not think of a way out for himself was a fool.

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will go and sue General Sù Tiquelas."

"Better give me some good news"

Casdila nodded, leaving the Governor's Palace and heading straight for the Army Headquarters in Tiquelas.

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By the time Casdila arrived at the Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General Tiqueiras had already vented his anger, and the punching bags were apparently Army Department officers.

Casdila relayed the words of Governor Reynoldsa and gave Tiqueiras an insult.

Casdila, who was caught in the middle, was very aggrieved, there was no way that he, a small civil servant, was used to the struggle between the leaders, and it was not once or twice that the fish in the pond were affected.

According to the War Department, several small towns in northern Mexico have disappeared from the face of the earth in the past half month.

The other party came and went without a trace, moving quickly and cleanly, and the northern Spanish garrison was a long and a half beats slow every time, and when they arrived at the accident site, they could only be busy cleaning up the mess and acting as a fire brigade by the way.

"The other side's intelligence is very developed"

After summarizing these days, Tiqueiras came to a very important piece of information, that is, the other side had the situation of the Spanish army's defense, and calculated the time of reinforcement of the Spanish army very accurately.

"It should have been the Indians who acted as eyeliner for them"

"Actually, the best Scouts are the Indians, but unfortunately they don't use this talent themselves," Casdila said.

Casdila didn't say the latter sentence, he just buried it in his heart, he knew that he couldn't stimulate Tiqueiras, otherwise he would be scolded.

"Damn the Indians"

Sure enough, Tiquelasden became furious.

"I knew I should have killed them all in one go"

Casdila was about to strike up a conversation when an officer came in to report that a survivor had told the enemy about the situation.

"What kind of army is this?"

Tiqueiras looked at the report, stunned for a moment.

"All black armor, extremely sharp knives, even the war horses are covered with armor?"

After reading it, Casdila gasped and blurted out, "Knights in the Middle Ages?" ”

After a long time, Tiqueiras sighed and said, "I think we're in trouble."

To deal with the heavy cavalry of the Jaguar and Leopard Cavalry of the Chinese Empire, strong cities were needed first, followed by muskets and artillery.

However, in Mexico, since the Spanish colonial army was the most powerful in existence here. The Indians simply did not have decent weapons and equipment, let alone cavalry. Therefore, the Spaniards only needed muskets and a small number of artillery pieces to defeat each other lightly.

Because of this, during the more than 100 years of Spanish occupation of Mexico, no large number of fortified fortresses were built, and only some major cities were fortified and protected. Most of the other towns were open-plan, with at most a few small bunkers with barracks, which, with the houses of the Spanish inhabitants and the muskets in their hands, were large enough for the opposing natives, but not enough for the tens of thousands of heavy cavalry.

The Spaniards would never have dreamed that on the American continent there would be a challenge to the majesty of the Spanish Empire. Therefore, after learning that the other party was a heavy cavalry, Tichaelas was dumbfounded.

"Can't our musketeers deal with the obsolete heavy cavalry?"

Tiqueiras shook his head and said, "In a head-to-head battle, of course we will win, the question is will the other side fight you?" Apparently they know their superiority, they come and go without a trace, how can we catch up with a four-legged war horse on two legs? ”

It was only then that Casdila understood what Tiqueiras had said, judging from the situation in the past few months, the other side was not here to find the Spanish army for a decisive battle, and the other side was obviously only for plundering, and to plunder and break down the economic backbone of the Spaniards in Mexico.

The other party was digging up the roots of the Spaniards' tree, not colliding with the trunk

"Damn"

Tiqueiras slammed his fist down on the table, causing the coffee in his cup to spill out. E